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...coming at No. 17 in 2009.Atlanta is better known for its draft day blunders, most notably in 2005 when then-GM BillyKnight, despite an obvious need at the point, passed over Chris Paul and Deron Williams to pick forward Marvin Williams...

...Horford - or Ohio State point guard Mike Conley Jr. Noah, a power forward, tried to convince Hawks general manager BillyKnight and coach Mike Woodson that he should be the third pick. "That's why I'm here," he said. "If I didn't think...

...of all those phone calls. "We had a lot of conversations about both picks or one of the picks," general manager BillyKnight said. "It didn't happen, so you do the best you can with what you've got." Coach Mike Woodson said it's time...

...suspended backup center Zaza Pachulia for today's game at Denver for "conduct detrimental to the team," general manager BillyKnight said Tuesday. The nature of Pachulia's transgression was not described by the team, but he had a run-in with coach...

...37-45 before stretching the Boston Celtics to seven games in a first-round series. Former Hawks general manager BillyKnight's authority appeared to be weakened when he lobbied unsuccessfully with the owners to fire Woodson at the trade deadline...

...the Basketball Hall of Fame, joined the Vancouver Grizzlies' management team Wednesday, along with Dick Versace and BillyKnight. Daly, a former coach with Detroit, New Jersey and Orlando, was hired as a senior adviser. His career coaching...

...Michael Heisley, who bought the team earlier this year for $160 million. He hired Dick Versace as team president and BillyKnight as general manager. The Grizzlies were 22-60 last season, losing $25 million as average attendance slid to 13...

...UCLA shook off a season-long malaise with strong offense, then withstood a big rally in the final 11/2 minutes. BillyKnight led five players in double figures with 20 points, and the 15th-ranked Bruins won their seventh straight. Matt Barnes...